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CARBOHYDRATE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR
PROVIDING NUTRITION TO A DIABETIC
This invention relates to a two component carbohydrate mixture which blunts
the
postprandial glycemic response of digestible glucose polymers. The two
component
carbohydrate mixture is optionally admixed with nonabsorbent carbohydrates,
fiber and
indigestible oligosaccharides to form a carbohydrate system for diabetics.
Additionally,
the invention relates to nutritional formulas which incorporate the two
component
carbohydrate mixture or the carbohydrate system. Further, this invention
relates to a
method of delivering nutrition to an individual with diabetes by feeding said
nutritional
formulas.
BACKGROUND
Primary treatment for glucose intolerance is strict adherence to a diet which
minimizes postprandial glucose response, and in many cases, use of medications
(insulin
or oral hypoglycemic agents).
Before 1921, starvation was the only recognized treatment of diabetes mellitus
(DM). Since the discovery of exogenous insulin, diet has been a major focus of
therapy.
Recommendations for the distribution of calories from carbohydrate and fat
have shifted
over the last 75 years. Based on the opinions of the time, the best mix to
promote
metabolic control are listed in Table 1 below.
Table 1: History of Recommended Caloric Distribution of Persons with DM
Year Carbohydrate Protein Fat (%)
(%) (%)
1921 20 10 70
1950 40 20 40
1971 45 20 35
1986 50-60 12-20 30
1994 * ~ 10-20 I - * ~
* based on nutritional assessment
~ <10% saturated fat
Early recommendations limited dietary carbohydrate, because glycemic control
was generally better with this type of regimen. However, over the years
researchers
found that low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets were associated with dyslipidemias
and
cardiovascular disease, because most high-fat diets consumed in industrialized
countries
were high in saturated fat. In 1950, the American Diabetes Association (ADA)
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recommended increasing the proportion of calories provided by carbohydrate to
lower
cardiovascular risk. While the risk for cardiovascular disease might be
diminished by this
strategy, research demonstrated that not all persons with DM respond favorably
from the
standpoint of metabolic control. In addition, the saturated fat being consumed
continued
to contribute to cardiovascular risk. The ADA's recommendation to restrict
total fat,
without regard to type of fat was challenged in the late 1980s by
investigators and
participants in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development
Conference
on diet and exercise in patients with type 2 DM. The recommendation of a
carbohydrate-rich diet for all persons with DM also was criticized because the
theory that
high-carbohydrate diets improve glycemic control and insulin sensitivity was
not accepted
due to inconclusive evidence. The NIH Conference led to the investigation of
other
dietary therapies, which resulted in a radical change in the 1994 ADA
nutrition
recommendations. The new ADA guidelines emphasize individualization of diet
strategies. The purpose is to achieve optimal glycemic and metabolic control
by varying
the proportion of calories provided by the macro nutrients. The proportion
selected
depends on goals for glycemic control, dietary preferences and response to the
diet.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) currently recommends a diet in which
protein is the same as that for the general population and accounts for 10% to
20% of
total calories. With protein contributing 10% to 20% of the total calories,
80% to 90% of
the total calories remains to be distributed between carbohydrate and fat. The
carbohydrate/fat mix is individualized according to dietary preference,
treatment goals,
metabolic control and the presence of other medical conditions. However, the
ADA does
make a recommendation for the various types of fat in the diet. Specifically,
saturated fat
should contribute less than 10% of total calories, and polyunsaturated fat
contributing no
more than 10% of total calories. The remainder of fat calories should come
from
monounsaturated fat and the daily intake of cholesterol should be limited to
less than 300
mg. The recommendation for fiber intake is the same as for the general public
with
approximately 20 to 35 g/day of dietary fiber from a variety of food sources.
The micro
nutrient requirements of otherwise healthy persons with DM will likely be met
by
consuming the amounts suggested by the Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs). The
relationship of the minerals chromium and magnesium to management of DM has
been
the focus of much research. Individuals considered at risk for micro nutrient
deficiencies
should be evaluated to determine if supplementation is necessary.
Products designed as sole source of nutrition and as nutritional supplements
for
the person with diabetes are commercially available. The commercial products
are
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typically liquid and include higher amounts of fat. The higher fat is desired
in a liquid
nutritional as the fat slows down stomach emptying. Thereby delaying the
delivery of
nutrients to the small intestine which blunts the absorption curve of
carbohydrates after a
meal.
Glucerna~ (Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories, Columbus Ohio) is a
liquid nutritional with fiber for patients with abnormal glucose tolerance.
Sodium and
calcium caseinates make up 16.7% of total calories as protein; maltodextrin,
soy
polysaccharide and fructose make up 34.3% of total calories as carbohydrate;
and high
oleic safflower oil and canola oil make up 49% of total calories as fat. Soy
polysaccharide
contributes 14.1 g/1000m1 of total dietary fiber. The RDI for vitamins and
minerals is
delivered in 1422 kcals. The product also contains the ultra trace minerals
selenium,
chromium and molybdenum and the conditionally essential nutrients carnitine
and taurine.
Choice dm~ (Mead Johnson & Company, Evensville, Indiana) is a nutritionally
complete beverage for persons with glucose intolerance. Milk protein
concentrate makes
up 17% of total calories as protein; maltodextrin and sucrose make up 40% of
total
calories as carbohydrate; and high oleic sunflower oil and canola oil make up
43% of total
calories as fat. Microcrystalline cellulose, soy fiber and gum acacia
contribute 14.4
g/1000m1 of total dietary fiber. The RDI for vitamins and minerals is
delivered in 1060
kcals. The product also contains the ultra trace minerals selenium, chromium
and
molybdenum and the conditionally essential nutrients, carnitine and taurine.
Resource~ Diabetic (Sandoz Nutrition Corporation, Berne, Switzerland) is a
complete liquid formula with fiber specifically designed for persons with type
1 and type 2
diabetes and for persons with stress-induced hyperglycemia. Sodium and calcium
caseinates, and soy protein isolate make up 24% of total calories as protein;
hydrolyzed
corn starch and fructose make up 36% of total calories as carbohydrate; and
high oleic
sunflower oil and soybean oil make up 40% of total calories as fat. Partially
hydrolyzed
guar gum contributes 3.0 g/8 fl. oz. of total dietary fiber. The RDI for
vitamins and
minerals is delivered in 2000 kcals. The product also contains the ultra trace
minerals
selenium, chromium and molybdenum and the conditionally essential nutrients
camitine
and taurine.
Ensure~ Glucema~ OS (Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories,
Columbus Ohio) is an oral supplement specifically designed for people with
diabetes.
Sodium and calcium caseinates make up 18% of total calories as protein;
maltodextrin,
fructose, soy polysaccharide and gum arabic make up 37% of total calories as
carbohydrate; and high oleic safflower oil and canola oil make up 45% of total
calories as
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fat. Soy polysaccharide and gum arabic contribute 2.0 g/8 fl. oz. of total
dietary fiber. At
least 25% of the RDIs for 24 key vitamins and minerals are delivered in 8 fl.
oz. The
product also contains the ultra trace minerals selenium, chromium and
molybdenum and
the conditionally essential nutrients carnitine and taurine.
US patent 4,921,877 to Cashmere et al. describes a nutritionally complete
liquid
formula with 20 to 37% of total caloric value from a carbohydrate blend which
consists of
corn starch, fructose and soy polysaccharide; 40 to 60% of total caloric value
from a fat
blend with less than 10% of total calories derived from saturated fatty acids,
up to 10% of
total calories from polyunsaturated fatty acids and the balance of fat
calories from
monounsaturated fatty acids; 8 to 25% of total caloric value is protein; at
least the
minimum US RDA for vitamins and minerals; effective amounts of ultra trace
minerals
chromium, selenium and molybdenum; and effective amounts of carnitine, taurine
and
inositol for the dietary management of persons with ~'lucose intolerance.
US patent 5,776,887 to Wibert et al. describes a nutritional composition for
the
dietary management of diabetics containing a 1 to 50% total calories protein;
0 to 45%
total calories fat, 5 to 90% total calories carbohydrate system and fiber. The
carbohydrate
system requires a rapidly absorbed fraction such as glucose or sucrose, a
moderately
absorbed fraction such as certain cooked starches or fructose and a slowly
absorbed
fraction such as raw corn starch.
US patent 5,292,723 to Audry et al. describes a liquid nutritional composition
containing a lipid fraction, a protein fraction and a specific combination of
glucides useful
as dietetics. The glucide fraction consists of glucose polymers and slowly
absorbed
glucides.
US patent 5,470,839 to Laughlin et al. describes a composition and method for
providing nutrition to a diabetic patient. The low carbohydrate, high fat
enteral
composition contains a protein source, a carbohydrate source including a
slowly digested
high amylose starch and soluble dietary fiber, and a fat source that includes
a high
percentage of monounsaturated fats.
The commercial products listed above begin to address the changing
recommendations of the ADA for caloric distribution of persons with DM. The
carbohydrate content has been increased slightly along with a corresponding
slight
decrease in fat, while the fat systems have been modified to decrease the
contribution of
saturated fatty acids. However, the caloric contribution of the fat remains
above the ADA
recommendations. The prior art also describes complex multi-component
carbohydrate
systems which blunt the glycemic response by requiring three or more sources
of
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carbohydrate that are absorbed at different rates. These complex multi-
component
carbohydrate systems possess physical characteristics which make incorporation
of the
carbohydrate systems into nutritional formulas difficult. Additionally, these
complex
multi-component carbohydrate systems are often found to possess unacceptable
organoleptic characteristics.
Thus, a need has developed in the art for a simple two component carbohydrate
system which acts to blunt the glycemic response of readily absorbed
carbohydrates.
Particularly, a need has developed in the art for a nutritional product which
provides
nutrients to a person with abnormal glucose tolerance that also adheres to the
ADA
recommendations for fat.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a two component carbohydrate mixture that
solves a number of problems associated with the prior art complex multi-
component
carbohydrate systems designed for the diabetic. The two component carbohydrate
mixture of this invention utilizes a source of fructose in combination with at
least one
readily digestible glucose polymers. The use of the fructose in the two
component
carbohydrate mixture significantly decreases the glycemic response when
compared to
the glucose polymer alone. Further, this two component carbohydrate mixture
tastes
good and possesses physical properties which allow for easy incorporation into
liquid,
powder, bars and semisolid nutritionals.
Additional components may be added to the two component carbohydrate mixture
to form a "carbohydrate system". This carbohydrate system optionally
incorporates
nonabsorbent carbohydrates, dietary fiber and indigestible oligosaccharides,
thereby
increasing fecal bulk, modifying the transit time of nutrients through the
intestines and
providing nutrients to the beneficial microflora of the large intestine which
all contribute to
a healthy gastrointestinal tract.
The present invention is also directed to a new nutritional product designed
for the
person with diabetes that solves a number of problems associated with the
prior art
nutritional formulas. Since the aim of diabetic therapy is to prevent large
fluctuations in
blood glucose throughout the day, diabetics are advised to select carbohydrate
foods that
minimize blood glucose level after a meal by emphasizing the complex
carbohydrates
(starch) over the simple sugars. Complex carbohydrates are the preferred
carbohydrate
source as they are considered to be digested more slowly and to raise the
blood glucose
less than simple rapidly absorbed sugars. The prior art teaches that a complex
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multi-component carbohydrate system should be used. These systems incorporate
differing carbohydrate sources that are digested and absorbed at differing
rates. While
theses systems produce improved blood glucose levels after a meal, they are
difficult to
incorporate into nutritional formulas.
The nutritional product of this invention utilizes a two component
carbohydrate
mixture which includes a source of fructose in combination with at least one
readily
digestible glucose polymers which the inventors have discovered significantly
decreases
the glycemic response when compared to the glucose polymer alone.
Consequently, a
nutritional formula may contain a higher percentage of readily absorbed
carbohydrate and
produce a lower glycemic response than expected. Further, the additional
carbohydrate
calories may replace fat calories, thereby facilitating the formulation of a
nutritional for
persons with diabetes containing less than 37% of the calories from fat.
The present invention is also directed to a method of delivering nutrients to
a
person with abnormal glucose tolerance by feeding a nutritional which
incorporates the
two component carbohydrate mixture and less than 37% of calories from fat.
Brief Description of the Drawings
To acquaint persons skilled in the art with the principles of the invention, a
presently preferred embodiment illustrative of the invention follows with
reference being
made to the attached drawings forming a part of the specification and of
which:
Figure 1 is a graphical representation of the postprandial glycemic response
of
female Zucker fatty fa/fa rats fed glucose ~ fructose set forth in Example V.
Figure 2 is a graphical representation of the incremental change from baseline
in
blood glucose for rats fed glucose ~ fructose as set forth in Example V.
Figure 3 is a graphical representation of the postprandial glycemic response
of
male Zucker fatty fa/fa rats fed partially hydrolyzed com starch t fructose as
set forth in
Example VI.
Figure 4 is a graph of the incremental change from baseline in blood glucose
for
rats fed partially hydrolyzed corn starch t fructose as set forth in Example
VI.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
As used in this application:
a. the term "digestible glucose polymers" refers to hydrolyzed starches and
glucose oligomers which are rapidly digested.
b. the term "dextrose equivalence" (DE) refers to a quantitative measure of
the degree of starch polymer hydrolysis. It is a measure of reducing power
compared to a
dextrose (glucose) standard of 100. The higher the DE, the greater the extent
of starch
hydrolysis. As the starch is further hydrolyzed (higher DE), the average
molecular weight
decreases and the carbohydrate profile changes accordingly. Maltodextrins have
a DE
less than 20. Corn syrup solids have a DE of 20 or higher and are more rapidly
absorbed.
c. "glycemic index" (GI) is calculated by dividing the blood glucose
incremental area under the curve (AUC) of the test food by the blood glucose
incremental
AUC of the reference food and multiplying by 100, where the carbohydrate
content of test
and reference foods are the same. The reference food is typically glucose or
white bread
which has the standard GI of 100.
d. the term "total dietary fibers or "dietary fiber" refers to the sum of the
soluble and insoluble fibers. These food components are not broken down by the
alimentary enzymes of the human to small molecules which are absorbed into the
bloodstream.
e. "soluble" and "insoluble" dietary fiber is determined using American
Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) Method 32-07. A "soluble" dietary fiber
source
refers to a fiber source in which at least 60% of the dietary fiber is soluble
dietary fiber as
determined by AACC Method 32-07, and an "insoluble" dietary fiber source
refers to a
fiber source in which at least 60% of the total dietary fiber is insoluble
dietary fiber as
determined by AACC Method 32-07.
f. "fermentable" and "non-fermentable" dietary fiber is determined by the
procedure described in "Fermentability of Various Fiber Sources by Human Fecal
Bacteria
In Vitro", at AMERICAN JOURNAL CLINICAL NUTRITION, 1991; 53:1418-1424. This
procedure is also described in U.S. Patent 5,085,883 to Garleb, et al. "Non-
fermentable"
dietary fiber refers to dietary fibers which have a relatively low
fermentability of less than
40% by weight, preferably less than 30% by weight, and the term "fermentable"
dietary
fiber refers to dietary fibers which have a relatively high fermentability of
greater than 60%
by weight, preferably greater than 70% by weight.
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g. the term "indigestible oligosaccharide" refers to a small carbohydrate
moiety with a degree of polymerization less than or equal to about 20 and/or a
molecular
weight less than or equal to about 3,600, that is resistant to endogenous
digestion in the
human upper digestive tract.
h. the term "nonabsorbent carbohydrates" refers to a carbohydrate moiety
with a degree of polymerization greater than about 20 and/or a molecular
weight greater
than about 3,600, that is resistant to endogenous digestion in the human upper
digestive
tract. Nonabsorbent carbohydrates possess many of the characteristics of total
dietary
fiber. However, they are not quantifiable by the AACC Method 32-07 for fiber
and
consequently they are not included in total dietary fiber values of the
instant invention.
i. the term "total calories" refers to the total caloric content of a
definitive
volume of the finished nutritional product.
the term "Reference Daily Intakes or RDI" refers to a set of dietary
references based on the Recommended Dietary Allowances for essential vitamins
and
minerals. The Recommended Dietary Allowances are a set of estimated nutrient
allowances established by the National Academy of Sciences, which are updated
periodically to reflect current scientific knowledge.
k. the terms "fructose" and "source of fructose" are used interchangeably and
refer to the actual fructose content in a carbohydrate source.
One embodiment of the instant invention is a two component carbohydrate
mixture
which decreases the glycemic response of digestible glucose polymers. The two
component carbohydrate mixture comprises a source of fructose and at least one
digestible glucose polymer source. Component ranges for the two component
carbohydrate system are described in Table 2 on a dry matter basis.
Table 2: Carbohydrate mixture ranaes (wt/wt% of carbohydrate)
Component Target Preferred More Preferred
(wt/wt%) (wtlwt%) (wt/wt%)
fructose 5 - 50 5 - 30 10 - 25
digestible glucose50 - 95 70 - 95 75 - 90
polymer
The preferred ranges may also be described as the ratio of digestible glucose
polymer to fructose. The preferred range is from about 19:1 to 1:1 of
digestible glucose
polymer to fructose, more preferably from about 19:1 to 2.3:1, digestible
glucose polymer
to fructose, most preferably from about 9:1 to 3:1 digestible glucose polymer
to fructose.
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A component of the two component carbohydrate mixture of the invention is
digestible glucose polymer. Any digestible glucose polymer suitable for human
consumption may be utilized in the instant invention. Examples of typical
digestible
glucose polymer sources include corn syrup, corn syrup solids, rice syrup,
glucose
oligomers such as maltose and the sugar alcohols such as maltitol. As
indicated in Table
2, the typical amount of digestible glucose polymer in the two component
carbohydrate
mixture is from about 50 wt/wt% to about 95 wt/wt% of the two component
carbohydrate
mixture, preferably from about 70 wt/wt% to about 95 wt/wt% of the two
component
carbohydrate mixture, more preferably from about 75 wt/wt% to about 90 wt/wt%
of the
two component carbohydrate mixture.
Glucose (dextrose) is found naturally in grains, fruits and honey. More
typically,
commercially available glucose is produced by complete hydrolysis of starch.
During the
hydrolysis process, digestible glucose polymers are generated as constituents
of corn
syrup. The amounts of glucose and glucose polymers in corn syrup can vary as
described in Table 3 below.
Table 3: Carbohydrate profile of several sources*
liquid corn syrupcorn corn corn maltose
dry basis dextroseDE 63 syrup syrup syrup
DE 43 DE 36 DE 45
fructose 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
dextrose 99 36 19 14 9 4
maltose 0.6 31 14 11 43 65
maltotriose 0.2 13 12 10 18 15
higher saccharides0.1 20 55 65 30 16
* Data from Cargill, Minneapolis, Minnesota product information sheets
Any reference in this application to a quantity of digestible glucose polymer
should
be understood as referring to the actual amount of digestible glucose polymer
in the
carbohydrate source. One skilled in the art can readily calculate how much of
a
carbohydrate source should be added to the nutritional product in order to
deliver the
desired amount of digestible glucose polymer.
Maltose is a disaccharide which is comprised of two D-glucose units chemically
linked together. Maltose is also produced by the hydrolysis of starch and a
typical
composition is listed in Table 3. Maltitol is the sugar alcohol of maltose
produced by the
hydrogenation of one of the glucose units of maltose.
Typically, the digestible glucose polymers of the instant invention are
partially
hydrolyzed starches. For example, the production of partially hydrolyzed corn
starch
typically begins with a corn starch slurry that is hydrolyzed with food grade
acids and/or
enzymes. The resulting syrup is refined by filtering and carbon treatment. The
hydrolysis
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is controlled to achieve the desired endpoint. The partially hydrolyzed corn
starch is
classified according to its dextrose equivalence (DE) which represents the
degree of
hydrolysis. As described in Table 3, the corn syrup may be enriched in a
particular
constituent. These partially hydrolyzed starches are usually rapidly digested
(some
chemical modifications may decrease their digestibility resulting in
nonabsorbent
carbohydrates which are discussed later).
Commercial sources for the digestible glucose polymers are readily available
and
known to one practicing the art. For example, corn syrup solids are available
from
Cerestar USA, Inc in Hammond, Indiana. Rice based syrups are available from
California
Natural Products in Lathrop, California. Maltose and corn syrup are available
from Cargil
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Maltitol powder is available from Roquette America,
Inc.,
Keokuk, Iowa. Maltitol syrup from AIGroup Lonza, Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
The second component of the two component carbohydrate mixture of the instant
invention is source of fructose. Any fructose source suitable for human
consumption may
be utilized in the instant invention. Examples of typical fructose sources
include sucrose,
high fructose corn syrup and liquid and powder fructose. As indicated in Table
2, the
typical amount of fructose in the two component carbohydrate mixture is from
about 5
wt/wt% to about 50 wt/wt% of the two component carbohydrate mixture,
preferably from
about 5 wt/wt% to about 30 wt/wt% of the two component carbohydrate mixture,
more
preferably from about 10 wt/wt% to about 25 wt/wt% of the two component
carbohydrate
mixture.
Fructose is found in fruits and honey. More typically, commercially available
fructose is produced by enzymatic conversion of saccharides to fructose. The
fructose
content of various sources is listed in Table 4 below.
Table 4 : Carbohydrate profile of several fructose sources*
fructosehigh fructose honey
dry basis corn syrup
(representative
profiles)
fructose 99.5 42 55 49
dextrose 0.5 52 41 40
maltose 0 3 2 9
higher saccharides0 3 ( 2 2
* Fructose and corn syrup data from Cargill, Minneapolis, Minnesota product
information
sheets, honey values from National Honey Board, San Francisco, California
Commercial high fructose corn syrup is available with various levels of
fructose.
The high fructose corn syrup profiles listed in Table 4 represent two
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available fructose sources, with fructose at 42% and 55% of the corn syrup,
respectively .
Any reference in this application to a quantity of fructose should be
understood as
referring to the actual fructose content within the carbohydrate source. For
example, 100
gm of the honey in Table 4 would provide 49 gm of fructose. One skilled in the
art can
readily calculate how much of a carbohydrate source should be added to the
nutritional
product in order to deliver the desired amount of fructose.
Commercial sources for fructose are readily available and known to one
practicing
the art. For example, various high fructose corn syrups are available from
Cargil in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fructose is available from A.E. Staley in Decatur,
Illinois.
The present invention is also directed to a carbohydrate system which
incorporates dietary fiber, nonabsorbent carbohydrates and indigestible
oligosaccharides
into the two component carbohydrate mixture described above. Typically for
every gram
of dietary fiber, nonabsorbent carbohydrate and indigestible oligosaccharide
added to the
formulation, a gram of the two component carbohydrate mixture is removed.
Typically up
to about 57 wt/wt% of the simple two component carbohydrate mixture may be
replaced
with a combination of dietary fiber, nonabsorbent carbohydrates and
indigestible
oligosaccharides to form a "carbohydrate system°.
The first optional component of the carbohydrate system is dietary fiber which
comprises less than or equal to about 17 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system,
preferably
less than or equal to about 15 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system, more
preferably less
than or equal to about 10 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system.
Examples of dietary fiber sources of the instant invention typically include
gum
arabic, carboxymethylcellulose, guar gum, konjac flour, xanthan gum, alginate,
gellan
gum, gum acacia, citrus pectin, low and high methoxy pectin, modified
cellulose, oat and
barley glucans, carrageenan, psyllium, soy polysaccharide, oat hull fiber, pea
hull fiber,
soy hull fiber, soy cotyledon fiber, sugar beet fiber, cellulose, com bran and
hydrolyzed
forms of the listed fibers and any combination thereof.
Numerous types of dietary fibers are known and available to one practicing the
art.
Fibers differ significantly in their chemical composition and physical
structure and
therefore their physiological functions. The dietary fiber sources utilized in
this invention
can be characterized by the terms solubility and fermentability. With regard
to solubility,
fiber can be divided into soluble and insoluble types and fiber sources differ
in the amount
of soluble and insoluble fiber they contain.
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Representative of soluble dietary fiber sources are gum arabic, sodium
carboxymethylcellulose, guar gum, gellan gum, konjac flour, xanthan gum,
alginate, citrus
pectin, low and high methoxy pectin, oat and barley glucans, carrageenan and
psyllium.
Numerous commercial sources of soluble dietary fibers are readily available
and known to
one practicing the art. For example, gum arabic, hydrolyzed
carboxymethylcellulose, guar
gum, xanthan gum, alginates, pectin and the low and high methoxy pectins are
available
from TIC Gums, Inc. of Belcamp, Maryland. The oat and barley glucans are
available
from Mountain Lake Specialty Ingredients, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska. Psyllium is
available from the Meer Corporation of North Bergen, New Jersey while the
carrageenan
and konjac flour are available from FMC Corporation of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Representative of the insoluble dietary fibers are oat hull fiber, pea hull
fiber, soy
hull fiber, soy cotyledon fiber, sugar beet fiber, cellulose and corn bran.
Numerous
sources for the insoluble dietary fibers are readily available and known to
one practicing
the art. For example, the corn bran is available from Quaker Oats of Chicago,
Illinois; oat
hull fiber from Canadian Harvest of Cambridge, Minnesota; pea hull fiber from
Woodstone
Foods of Winnipeg, Canada; soy hull fiber and oat hull fiber from The Fibrad
Group of
LaVale, Maryland; soy cotyledon fiber from Protein Technologies International
of St.
Louis, Missouri; sugar beet fiber from Delta Fiber Foods of Minneapolis,
Minnesota and
cellulose from the James River Corp. of Saddle Brook, New Jersey.
Dietary fiber can also be divided into fermentable and non-fermentable types.
This
property of fiber is the capacity to be fermented by the anaerobic bacteria
present in the
human large bowel. Dietary fibers vary significantly in their fermentability.
Representative of fermentable dietary fiber sources are gum arabic and guar
gum.
Commercial sources of fermentable dietary fibers are readily available and
known to one
practicing the art. For example, gum arabic and guar gum are available from
TIC Gums,
Inc. of Belcamp, Maryland.
Representative of non-fermentable dietary fiber sources are
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), psyllium, oat hull fiber and corn bran. Numerous
commercial sources of non-fermentable dietary fibers are readily available and
known to
one practicing the art. For example, carboxymethylcellulose is available from
TIC Gums,
Inc. of Belcamp, Maryland. The corn bran is available from Quaker Oats of
Chicago,
Illinois while the oat hull fiber is available from Canadian Harvest of
Cambridge,
Minnesota. Psyllium is available from the Meer Corporation of North Bergen,
New Jersey.
The second optional component of the carbohydrate system is nonabsorbent
carbohydrates which comprises less than or equal to about 20 wt/wt% of the
carbohydrate
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system, preferably less than or equal to 15 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system,
more
preferably less than or equal to about 10 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system.
Examples of nonabsorbent carbohydrates sources of the instant invention
typically
include chemically modified starches such as FibersolT"" 2(E) and inulin.
Nonabsorbent carbohydrates possess many of the characteristics of fibers but
are
not quantified by the AACC method as total dietary fiber. Chemical
modification of starch
can ultimately affect its rate and extent of digestion in the small intestine.
Partial
hydrolysis of starch using acid and heat results in molecular rearrangement of
the starch
molecule such that alpha and beta-(1,2) and -(1,3) linkages are formed in
addition to
reconfiguration of existing alpha-(1,4) and -(1,6) bonds in to beta bonds. For
example,
corn starch treated with hydrochloric acid, amylase and heat produces a low
molecular
weight indigestible dextrin (distributed by Matsutani Chemical Industry, Hyogo
Japan
under the product name FibersoT"~ 2(E)) with a slow rate of fermentation.
Therefore, the
nonabsorbent carbohydrate is more likely to reach the lower part of the large
intestine and
be utilized by the indigenous microbiota.
Inulin is usually purified from plants such as chicory, Jerusalem artichoke,
leek and
asparagus. Various procedures for extracting the inulin have been reported.
Usually the
steps include chopping up the plant, extracting it.
Commercial sources of nonabsorbent carbohydrates are readily available and
known to one practicing the art. For example, FibersolT"' 2(E) is available
from Matsutani
Chemical Industry, Hyogo Japan while inulin is available from Rhone-Poulenc,
Inc,
Cranbury, New Jersey.
The third optional component of the carbohydrate system is indigestible
oligosaccharides which comprises less than or equal to about 20 wt/wt% of the
carbohydrate system, preferably less than or equal to 15 wt/wt% of the
carbohydrate
system, more preferably less than or equal to about 10 wt/wt% of the
carbohydrate
system.
Examples of indigestible oligosaccharide sources of the instant invention
typically
include fructooligosaccharides (FOS), xylooligosaccharides(XOS), alpha
glucooligosaccharides(GOS), traps galactosyl oligosaccharides(TOS), soybean
oligosaccharides, lactosucrose, hydrolyzed inulin and polydextrose.
An indigestible oligosaccharide, such as fructooligosaccharide(FOS), is
rapidly and
extensively fermented to short chain fatty acids by anaerobic microorganisms
that inhabit
the large bowel increasing cell proliferation in the proximal colonic
epithelial mucosa.
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Further, FOS is a preferential energy source for most Bifidobacterium species
but it is not
utilized by potentially pathogenic organisms such as Clostridium pen'ingens,
C. docile, or
E. coli. Thus, the addition of FOS to the nutritional products of the present
invention
selects for beneficial bacteria, such as bifidobacteria, but against potential
pathogens,
such as Clostridium di~cile and putrefactive bacteria.
Numerous commercial sources of indigestible oligosaccharides are readily
available and known to one practicing the art. For example, FOS is available
from Golden
Technologies Company of Golden, Colorado and XOS is available from Suntory
Limited of
Osaka, Japan. GOS is available from Solabia, Pantin Cedex, France. TOS is
available
from Yakult Honsha Co., Tokyo, Japan. Soybean oligosaccharide is available
from Calpis
Corporation distributed by Ajinomoto U.S.A. Inc., Teaneck, New Jersey.
Hydrolyzed inulin
is available from Rhone-Poulenc, Inc, Cranbury, New Jersey while polydextrose
is
available from A.E. Staley in Decatur Illinois.
The present invention is also directed to a method of blunting the glycemic
response of digestible glucose polymers by feeding the two component
carbohydrate
mixture or carbohydrate system described above. Research in the area of
glucose
tolerance tests by Mary Moore et.al. ("Effect of Fructose on the Response of
Normal
Adults to an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test", A JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIABETES
ASSOCIATION, ABSTRACT BOOK 59TH SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS, June 1999, Abstract
1270, p. A291) teaches that glucose tolerance was improved by the addition of
fructose to
a glucose solution in 8 normal subjects, unchanged in 1 normal subject and
worsened in 2
normal subjects. Moore et.al. concluded that fructose appears most effective
in those
normal individuals who have the largest glycemic excursions in response to
glucose
alone. Since glucose metabolism of a diabetic is significantly altered from
that of a normal
individual, the inventors tested the addition of fructose to a glucose
challenge in a diabetic
animal model (study described in Example V) and found a significant reduction
in the
incremental area under the curve (AUC) for blood glucose of 34% when compared
to the
control challenge. The inventors were also surprised to discover that
supplemental
fructose added to a partially hydrolyzed starch challenge significantly
reduced the
incremental area under the curve (AUC) for blood glucose by 32% when compared
to the
control challenge (study described in Example VI). One knowledgeable in the
art would
not have expected to see reductions in blood glucose levels similar to simple
sugars for
partially hydrolyzed starch.
As noted above, the present invention is also directed to a nutritional
product
utilizing the two component carbohydrate mixture or carbohydrate system
defined above.
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The carbohydrate calories replace the fat calories in the nutritional, thereby
facilitating
the formulation of a nutritional for persons with diabetes containing less
than 37% of the
calories from fat, which is a significant advantage over prior art nutritional
formulas.
The nutritional products of this invention are designed to be used as a sole
source
of nutrition or as a supplement in persons with DM. Since the product can be
used as a
sole source of nutrition it will contain a protein source, a lipid source, a
carbohydrate
source, vitamins, and minerals in amounts sufficient to maintain a patient's
health (i.e., to
prevent malnutrition). Such amounts are well known by those skilled in the art
and can be
readily calculated when preparing such products.
Although not intended to limit the invention in any manner, but to merely
serve as
a general guideline, the nutritional formulas of this invention will typically
provide the
caloric distribution described in Table 5.
Table 5: Nutritional Formula Component Ranges
Component Preferred range More preferred
(% Calories) range
(% Calories)
Protein 10 - 35 15 - 25
Fat _< 37 25 - 30
Carbohydrate* 25 - 60 35 - 55
* may the two componentdrate mixture drate system invention
be carbohy or carbohy of the instant
Additionally, the caloric density is typically from about 0.5 kcal/ml to about
2.0
kcal/ml, preferably from about 0.8 kcal/ml to about 1.2 kcal/ml.
One required component of the nutritional products of this invention is a
source of
carbohydrates. Either the simple two component carbohydrate mixture or
carbohydrate
system described above may be incorporated into the nutritional. As stated in
Table 5, the
carbohydrate component of the nutritional typically provides from about 25 o
to about
60% of the total calories, more preferably from about 35% to about 55% of the
total
calories of the nutritional product.
The preferred carbohydrate system for the nutritional typically comprises
about 64
wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system as digestible glucose polymers; about 23
wt/wt% of
the carbohydrate system as fructose; about 6.5 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate
system as
nonabsorbent carbohydrates; about 3.5 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system as
indigestible
oligosaccharides; and about 3.0 wt/wt% of the carbohydrate system as fiber.
The second component of the nutritional products of this invention is protein.
The
proteins that may be utilized in the nutritional products of the invention
include any
proteins suitable for human consumption. Such proteins are well known by those
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in the art and can be readily selected when preparing such products. Examples
of
suitable proteins that may be utilized typically include casein, whey, milk
protein, soy, pea,
rice, corn, hydrolyzed protein and mixtures thereof. As indicated in Table 5,
the typical
amount of protein in the nutritional product is from about 10% to about 35% of
total
calories, more preferably from about 15% to about 25% of total calories.
Commercial protein sources are readily available and known to one practicing
the
art. For example, caseinates, whey, hydrolyzed caseinates, hydrolyzed whey and
milk
proteins are available from New Zealand Milk Products of Santa Rosa,
California. Soy
and hydrolyzed soy proteins are available from Protein Technologies
International of Saint
Louis, Missouri. Pea protein is available from Feinkost Ingredients Company of
Lodi,
Ohio. Rice protein is available from California Natural Products of Lathrop,
California.
Corn protein is available from EnerGenetics Inc. of Keokuk, fowa.
The third component of the nutritional products of this invention is the fat.
As
noted above, the fat source of this invention will typically provide less than
or equal to
37% of the total calories, more preferably from about 25% to about 30% of the
total
calories. The fat source for the present invention may be any fat source or
blend of fat
sources which provides the desired levels of saturated (less than 10% kcal),
polyunsaturated (up to 10% kcal) and monounsaturated fatty acids (10% to 15%
kcal).
One skilled in the art can readily calculate how much of a fat source should
be added to
the nutritional product in order to deliver the desired levels of saturated,
polyunsaturated
and monounsaturated fatty acids. Examples of food grade fats are well known in
the art
and typically include soy oil, olive oil, marine oil, sunflower oil, high
oleic sunflower oil,
safflower oil, high oleic safflower oil, fractionated coconut oil, cottonseed
oil, corn oil,
canola oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil and mixtures thereof.
Numerous commercial sources for the fats listed above are readily available
and
known to one practicing the art. For example, soy and canola oils are
available from
Archer Daniels Midland of Decatur, Illinois. Corn, coconut, palm and palm
kernel oils are
available from Premier Edible Oils Corporation of Portland, Organ.
Fractionated coconut
oil is available from Henkel Corporation of LaGrange, Illinois. High oleic
safflower and
high oleic sunflower oils are available from SVO Specialty Products of
Eastlake, Ohio.
Marine oil is available from Mochida International of Tokyo, Japan. Olive oil
is available
from Anglia Oils of North Humberside, United Kingdom. Sunflower and cottonseed
oils
are available from Cargil of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Safflower oil is
available from
California Oils Corporation of Richmond, California.
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The nutritional compositions of the invention desirably contain vitamins and
minerals. Vitamins and minerals are understood to be essential in the daily
diet. Those
skilled in the art appreciate that minimum requirements have been established
for certain
vitamins and minerals that are known to be necessary for normal physiological
function.
Practitioners also understand that appropriate additional amounts of vitamin
and mineral
ingredients need to be provided to nutritional compositions to compensate for
some loss
during processing and storage of such compositions. Additionally, the
practitioner
understands that certain micronutrients may have potential benefit for people
with
diabetes such as chromium, carnitine, taurine and vitamin E and that higher
dietary
requirements may exist for certain micro nutrients such as ascorbic acid due
to higher
turnover in people with type 2 diabetes.
An example of the vitamin and mineral system for a complete nutritional
formulation used as a sole source of nutrition typically comprises at least
100% of the RDI
for the vitamins A, B,, Bz, Bs, B,z, C, D, E, K, beta-carotene, Biotin, Folic
Acid, Pantothenic
Acid, Niacin, and Choline; the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium,
phosphorous, and chloride; the trace minerals iron, zinc, manganese, copper,
and iodine;
the ultra trace minerals chromium, molybdenum, selenium; and the conditionally
essential
nutrients m-inositol, carnitine and taurine in from about 350 Kcal to about
5600 Kcal.
An example of the vitamin and mineral system for a nutritional formulation
used
as a nutritional supplement typically comprises at least 25% of the RDI for
the vitamins A,
B,, Bz, Bs, B,z, C, D, E, K, beta-carotene, Biotin, Folic Acid, Pantothenic
Acid, Niacin, and
Choline; the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphorous, and
chloride; the trace minerals iron, zinc, manganese, copper, and iodine; the
ultra trace
minerals chromium, molybdenum, selenium; and the conditionally essential
nutrients
m-inositol, carnitine and taurine in a single serving or from about 50 Kcal to
about 800
Kcal.
Artificial sweeteners may also be added to the nutritional formula to enhance
the
organoleptic quality of the formula. Examples of suitable artificial
sweeteners include
saccharine, aspartame, acesulfame K and sucralose. The nutritional products of
the
present invention will also desirably include a flavoring and/or color to
provide the
nutritional products with an appealing appearance and an acceptable taste for
oral
consumption. Examples of useful flavorings typically include, for example,
strawberry,
peach, butter pecan, chocolate, banana, raspberry, orange, blueberry and
vanilla.
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The nutritional products of this invention can be manufactured using
techniques
well known to those skilled in the art. While manufacturing variations are
certainly well
known to those skilled in the nutritional formulation arts, a few of the
manufacturing
techniques are described in detail in the Examples. Generally speaking an oil
and fiber
blend is prepared containing all oils, any emulsifier, fiber and the fat
soluble vitamins.
Three more slurries (carbohydrate and two protein) are prepared separately by
mixing the
carbohydrate and minerals together and the protein in water. The slurries are
then mixed
together with the oil blend. The resulting mixture is homogenized, heat
processed,
standardized with water soluble vitamins, flavored and the liquid terminally
sterilized or
dried to produce a powder. Alternatively, the homogenized formula may be kept
undiluted
and filled into appropriate containers as pudding or dried to form powder.
The composition of the invention can be in several physical forms such as
liquid
enteral nutritional formulas or concentrated liquid, a semisolid form such as
pudding or a
solid form such as a powder or nutritional bar.
The present invention is also directed to a method of delivering nutrients to
a
person with diabetes by feeding the nutritional described above.
Example I
Table 6 presents a bill of materials for manufacturing 1,000 kilograms of an
unflavored liquid nutritional product according to the present invention. A
detailed
description of its manufacture follows.
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Table 6: Bill of Materials for Unflavored Liquid Nutritional
Ingredient Quantity per 1,000
Kg
Water 840 Kg
MaltrinT"'-100 56 Kg
Acid Casein 41.093 Kg
Fructose 28 Kg
High Oleic Safflower Oil 27.2 Kg
Maltitol Syrup 16 Kg
Maltitol Powder 12.632 Kg
FibersolT"' 2(E) 8.421 Kg
Calcium caseinate 6.043 Kg
Fructooligosaccharide 4.607 Kg
Soy Polysaccharide 4.3 Kg
Canola Oil 3.2 Kg
micronized tricalcium 2.8 Kg
phosphate
magnesium chloride 2.4 Kg
soy lecithin 1.6 Kg
sodium citrate 1.18 Kg
potassium citrate 1.146 Kg
sodium hydroxide 1.134 Kg
magnesium phosphate 1.028 Kg
m-inositol 914.5 gm
vitamin C 584 gm
potassium chloride 530 gm
choline chloride 472.1 gm
45% potassium hydroxide 402.5 gm
utm/tm premix 369.3 gm
potassium phosphate 333 gm
carnitine 230.5 gm
gellan gum 125 gm
taurine 100.1 gm
vitamin E 99 gm
WSV premix 75.4 gm
Vitamin DEK premix 65.34 gm
30% beta carotene 8.9 gm
vitamin A 8.04 gm
pyridoxine hydrochloride 3.7 gm
chromium chloride 1.22 gm
folic acid 0.64 gm
potassium iodide 0.20 gm
cyanocobalamin 0.013 gm
WSV premix(per g premix): 375 mg/g niacinamide, 242 mg/g
calcium pantothenate, 8.4 gm/g folic acid, 62 mg/g thiamine
chloride hydrochloride, 48.4 gm/g riboflavin, 59.6 mg/g pyridoxine
hydrochloride, 165 mcg/g cyanocobalamin and 7305 mcg/g biotin
Vitamin DEK premix(per g premix): 8130 IU/g vitamin D3, 838 IU/g
vitamin E, 1.42 mg/g vitamin K,
UTM/TM premix(per g premix): 45.6 mg/g zinc, 54 mg/g iron, 15.7
manganese, 6.39 mg/g copper, 222 mcg/g selenium, 301 mcg/g
chromium and 480 mcg/g molybdenium
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The liquid nutritional products of the present invention have been
manufactured by
preparing four slurries which are blended together, heat treated,
standardized, packaged
and sterilized. The process for manufacturing 1000 kilograms of a liquid
nutritional
product, using the bill of materials from Table 6 is described in detail
below.
A carbohydrate/mineral slurry is prepared by first heating about 82 kilograms
of
water to a temperature of from about 65°C to about 71 °C with
agitation. With agitation,
the required amount of sodium citrate and gellen gum distributed by the Kelco,
Division of
Merck and Company Incorporated, San Diego, California, U.S.A. under the
product name
"KelcogelT"~." is added and agitated for 5 minutes. The required amount of the
ultra trace
mineral/trace mineral (UTM/TM) premix (distributed by Fortitech, Schnectady,
New York)
is added. The slurry is greenish yellow in color. Agitation is maintained
until the minerals
are completely dispersed. With agitation, the required amounts of the
following minerals
are then added: potassium citrate, potassium chloride, chromium chloride,
magnesium
chloride and potassium iodide. Next, the first maltodextrin distributed by
Grain Processing
Corporation, Muscataine, Iowa, U.S.A. under the product name "MaltrinT"' M-
100" and
fructose are added to slurry under high agitation, and are allowed to
dissolve. With
agitation, the required amounts of maltitol powder distributed by Roquette
America, Inc.,
Keokuk, Iowa under the product name MaltisorbT"" Powder P35SK, maltitol syrup
distributed by AIGroup Lonza, Fair Lawn, New Jersey under the product name
HystarT""
5875, fructooligosaccharides distributed by Golden Technologies Company,
Golden,
Colorado, U.S.A. under the product designation "Nutriflora-PT"" Fructo-
oligosaccharide
Powder (96%)" and a second maltodextrin distributed by Matsutani Chemical
Industry
Co., Hyogo, Japan under the product name FibersolT"~ 2(E) are added and
agitated well
until completely dissolved. The required amount of micronized tricalcium
phosphate is
added to the slurry under agitation. The completed carbohydrate/mineral slurry
is held
with agitation at a temperature from about 65°C to about 71 °C
for not longer than twelve
hours until it is blended with the other slurries.
A fiber in oil slurry is prepared by combining and heating the required
amounts of
high oleic safflower oil and canola oil to a temperature from about
55°C to about 65°C with
agitation. With agitation, the required amounts of the following ingredients
are added to
the heated oil: soy lecithin (distributed by Central Soya Company, Fort Wayne,
Indiana
under the product name CentrocapT"" 162), Vitamin D, E, K premix (distributed
by
Vitamins Inc., Chicago, Illinois), vitamin A and beta-carotene. The required
amounts of
soy polysaccharide distributed by Protein Technology International, St. Louis,
Missouri
under the product name FibrimT"" 300 is slowly dispersed into the heated oil .
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completed oil/fiber slurry is held under moderate agitation at a temperature
from about
55°C to about 65°C for a period of no longer than twelve hours
until it is blended with the
other slurries.
A first protein in water slurry is prepared by heating 293 kilograms of water
to 60°C
to 65°C. With agitation, the required amount of 20% potassium citrate
solution is added
and held for one minute. The required amount of acid casein is added under
high
agitation followed immediately by the required amount of 20% sodium hydroxide.
The
agitation is maintained at high until the casein is dissolved. The slurry is
held from about
60°C to 65°C with moderate agitation.
A second protein in water slurry is prepared by first heating about 77
kilograms of
water to a temperature of about 40°C with agitation. The calcium
caseinate is added and
the slurry is agitated well until the caseinate is completely dispersed. With
continued
agitation, the slurry is slowly warmed to 60°C to 65°C. The
slurry is held for no longer
than twelve hours until it is blended with the other slurries.
The batch is assembled by blending 344 kilograms of protein slurry one with 84
kilograms of protein slurry two. With agitation, the 37 kilograms of the
oil/fiber slurry is
added. After waiting for at least one minute, 216 kilograms of the
carbohydrate/mineral
slurry is added to the blended slurry from the preceding step with agitation
and the
resultant blended slurry is maintained at a temperature from about 55°C
to about 60°C.
The pH of the blended batch is adjusted to a pH of 6.45 to 6.75 with 1 N
potassium
hydroxide.
After waiting for a period of not less than one minute nor greater than two
hours,
the blend slurry is subjected to deaeration, ultra-high-temperature treatment,
and
homogenization, as follows:
A. positive pump is used to supply the blended slurry for this procedure;
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B. the blended slurry is heated to a temperature from about 71 °C
to about
82°C;
C. the heated slurry is deareated at 10-15 inches Hg
D. the heated slurry is emulsified at 900 to 1100 psig in a single stage
homogenizer;
E. the emulsified slurry is passed through a plate/coil heater and preheated
to
from about 99°C to about 110°C;
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F. the preheated slurry is ultra high temperature heated by steam injection to
a temperature of about 146°C with a minimum hold time of about 5
seconds;
G. the temperature of the UHT treated slurry is reduced to from about
99°C to
about 110°C by passing it through a flash cooler;
H. the temperature of the UHT treated slurry is reduced further to from about
71 °C to about 76°C by passing it through a plate/coil heat
exchanger;
the UHT treated slurry is homogenized at 3900 to 4100/ 400 to 600 psig;
J. the homogenized slurry is passed through a hold tube for at least 16
seconds at temperature from about 74°C to about 80°C;
K. the homogenized slurry is cooled to a temperature from about 1 °C
to about
7°C by passing it through a heat exchanger; and
L. the UHT treated and homogenized slurry is stored at a temperature from
about 1 °C to about 7°C with agitation.
After the above steps have been completed, appropriate analytical testing for
quality control is conducted.
A water soluble vitamin (WSV) solution is prepared separately and added to the
processed blended slurry.
The vitamin solution is prepared by adding the following ingredients to 9.4
kilograms of water with agitation: WSV premix (distributed by J.B.
Laboratories, Holland,
Michigan), vitamin C, choline chloride, L-carnitine, taurine, inositiol, folic
acid, pyridoxine
hydrochloride and cyanocobalamin. The required amount of 45% potassium
hydroxide
slurry is added to bring the pH to between 7 and 10.
Based on the analytical results of the quality control tests, an appropriate
amount
of water is added to the batch with agitation to achieve about 21 % total
solids.
Additionally, 8.8 kilograms of vitamin solution is added to the diluted batch
under agitation.
The product pH may be adjusted to achieve optimal product stability. The
completed product is then placed in suitable containers and subjected to
terminal
sterilization.
Example II
An alternative product form of the nutritional described in Example I is a
semisolid
or pudding. The product is manufactured as in Example I up through the heat
treatment
and homogenization step with the following addition. Two additional starches
(distributed
by A. E. Staley, Decatur, Illinois under the product names of Rezista~ and
Mira-Clear~)
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are added to the carbohydrate slurry at 4.5 wt/wt% of total solids of the
product. The
water soluble vitamins and optional flavor are added to the undiluted blend.
The
pudding is filled at about 30 wt/wt% to 32 wt/wt% total solids into an
appropriate
container and terminally sterilized. Alternatively, the pudding is aseptically
filled into
appropriate containers.
Example III
Another product form of the nutritional described in Example I is a powder.
The
product is manufactured as in Example I up through the heat treatment and
homogenization step. The water soluble vitamins and optional flavor are added
to the
undiluted blend. The blend is pumped to a tower dryer at about 45% to 55%
total solids.
The dryer parameters are as follows:
Nozzle pressure 1400 - 2400 psig
Liquid flow rate 10 gpm max.
Ingoing air temperature 211 °C max.
Outgoing air temperature 87 - 104 °C
Dryer chamber pressure -0.2 - +0.2 inches of water
To control bulk density, dispersibility, particle size, moisture and physical
stability,
the specific spray nozzle, nozzle pressure, drying temperatures and fine
reinjection
parameters may vary depending upon the drying conditions of the day. The
powder
passes from the dryer discharge cone into the powder cooler where it is cooled
to about
43°C. The cooled powder is stored until it is filed into appropriate
containers.
Example IV
The nutritional of the instant invention may also be formulated as a
nutritional bar.
Although not intended to limit the invention in any manner, but to merely
serve as a
general guideline, a typical formulation for a nutritional bar is described in
Table 7.
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Table 7: Nutritional Bar Formulation
Ingredient Percent Formulation
maltitol 24
rolled oats 21.5
rice crisps 20.5
high oleic safflower7
oil
soy protein isolate5.5
vitamin/mineral 4.15
premix
fructose 3.2
glycerin 2
whey protein isolate2
almonds 2
modified starch 2
calcium caseinate 1.5
plolydextrose 1.4
soy polysaccharide 1
canola oil 0.9
water 0.8
soy lecithin 0.27
vanilla flavoring 0.2
The typically caloric distribution of a nutritional bar utilizing the
ingredient percent
of Table 7 is about 15% of the total calories as protein, about 25% of the
total calories as
fat and about 60% of the total calories as carbohydrate.
The nutritional bar composition is manufactured using cold extrusion
technology
as is known in the art. To prepare such compositions, typically all of the
powdered
components will be dry blended together. Such constituents typically include
the proteins,
vitamin premixes, certain carbohydrates, etc. The fat soluble components are
then
blended together and mixed with the powdered premix above. Finally any liquid
components are then mixed into the composition, forming a plastic like
composition or
dough.
The process above is intended to give a plastic mass which can then be shaped,
without further physical or chemical changes occurring, by the procedure known
as cold
forming or extrusion. In this process, the plastic mass is forced at
relatively low pressure
through a die which confers the desired shape and the resultant exudate is
then cut off at
an appropriate position to give products of the desired weight.
The mass may, for example, be forced through a die of small cross-section to
form
a ribbon, which is carried on a belt moving at a predetermined speed under a
guillotine
type cutter which operates at regular intervals. The cutter, in this case,
generally consists
of a sharpened blade so adjusted that it cuts through the ribbon but not the
underlying
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belt, but may also consist of a wire. In both cases, the principle is the
same; the cutting
process occurs at intervals that permit the moving ribbon to be cut into
pieces of
equivalent weight and dimensions. Generally, this is achieved by timing the
cutting
strokes and maintaining belt speed at an appropriate level, but there also
exist computer
controlled versions of this mechanism which offer greater versatility.
Alternatively, the
mass may be forced through a die of large cross-section and then cut at die
level into
slices by an oscillating knife or wire, which drop onto a moving belt and are
thus
transported away. The mass may also be extruded as a sheet, which is then cut
with a
stamp type cutter into shapes that are appropriate, such as a cookie type
cutter. Finally,
the mass may also be forced into chambers on a rotary die equipped with an
eccentric
cam that forces the thus-formed material out of the chamber at a certain point
in a rotation
of the cylindrical die.
After shaping, the formed product is moved by a transfer belt or other type of
material conveyor to an area where it may be further processed or simply
packaged. In
general, a nutritional bar of the type described would be enrobed (coated) in
a material
that may be chocolate, a compound chocolate coating, or some other type of
coating
material. In all such cases, the coating material consists of a fat that is
solid at room
temperature, but that is liquid at temperature in excess of e.g. 31 °C,
together with other
materials that confer the organoleptic attributes. The coating is thus applied
to the bar
while molten, by permitting the bar to pass through a falling curtain of
liquid coating, at the
same time passing over a plate or rollers which permit coating to be applied
to the under
surface of the bar, and excess coating is blown off by means of air jets.
Finally, the
enrobed bar passes through a cooling tunnel where refrigerated air currents
remove heat
and cause the coating to solidify.
Example V
The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the postprandial glycemic
response of female Zucker fatty falfa rats fed glucose with supplemental
fructose.
Ten female Zucker fatty falfa rats were obtained at nine weeks of age from
Harlan
Sprague Dawley, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN). Rats were individually housed in
microisolator
cages on dry bedding and were given ad libitum access to water and rat chow
(pelletted;
8640 Harlan Teklad 22/5 Rodent Diet; Harlan Teklad, Madison, WI). The housing
facility
was maintained at 19° to 21 °C, 30 to 70 % relative humidity,
and 12 hour light-dark cycle.
Rats were handled 4 to 5 times per week for 8 weeks prior to this experiment
in order to
acclimate them to human handling for the experiment. In addition, rats were
trained to
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orally consume a liquid diet from a stainless steel bottle nipple with a ball
bearing for the
meal tolerance test.
The control carbohydrate challenge was a glucose solution at 1.0 g/kg body
weight. Glucose was made into a 50 % (wt./vol.) solution with water prior to
challenge.
Similarly, the experimental carbohydrate challenge was a 50 % glucose solution
made
with supplemental fructose (0.16 g/kg body weight).
The two carbohydrate challenges were evaluated in a two-way crossover design
over an 8 day period. At the time of testing, rats weighed 459 t 8.1 g (mean t
SEM) and
were 17 weeks old. After an 18 hour overnight fast, rats underwent a meal
tolerance test.
On two different occasions, rats were randomly fed one of two carbohydrate
solutions per
os via bottle nipple. Formula volume was approximately 1 ml and was adjusted
by animal
weight such that each rat was delivered an equivalent glucose challenge on a
body weight
basis. Blood samples were collected at baseline and 30, 60, 90, 120, and 170
minutes
postprandial for glucose analysis (Precision G0; Medisense, Bedford, MA). Rats
had free
access to water throughout the experiment.
Blood samples were obtained via tail vein and collected into heparin
containing
capillary tubes (20 p.1 volume; Medisense). Approximately 5 p1 of blood was
immediately
transferred directly onto a Precision GO blood glucose test strip and analyzed
for blood
glucose concentration. Whole blood was used, however, the Precision G~
Instrument
corrects the glucose measurement and provides the data as mg glucose/dl
plasma.
The postprandial glycemic response of female Zucker fatty falfa rats fed
glucose ~
fructose can be found in Figure 1 and the incremental change from baseline in
blood
glucose can be found in Figure 2. Basal blood glucose values were not
different (111 t 3
vs. 117 t 4 mg/dl; Glc vs. Glc + Fru, respectively). The incremental change
from baseline
in blood glucose was lower (P < 0.05) for rats fed Glc + Fru at 30, 60, and 90
minutes
postprandial (Figure 2). Area under the curve (AUC) was calculated (T.M.S.
Wolever et.
al., "The use of glycemic index in predicting the blood glucose response to
mixed meals".
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 1986, 43, 167-172). The supplemental
fructose added to the glucose challenge reduced (P < 0.05) the incremental AUC
for
blood glucose by 34% over the 3-hour experiment.
Example VI
The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the postprandial glycemic
response of male Zucker fatty falfa rats fed a partially hydrolyzed starch
with
supplemental fructose.
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Ten male Zucker fatty fa/fa rats were obtained at five weeks of age from
Harlan
Sprague Dawley, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN). Rats were individually housed in
microisolator
cages on dry bedding and were given ad libitum access to water and rat chow
(pelletted;
8640 Harlan Teklad 22/5 Rodent Diet; Harlan Teklad, Madison, WI). The housing
facility
was maintained at 19° to 21 °C, 30 to 70 % relative humidity,
and 12 hour light-dark cycle.
Rats were handled 4 to 5 times per week for 8 weeks prior to this experiment
in order to
acclimate them to human handling for the experiment. In addition, rats were
trained to
orally consume a liquid diet from a stainless steel bottle nipple with a ball
bearing for the
meal tolerance test.
The control carbohydrate challenge was a partially hydrolyzed starch (LodexT""
15;
Cerestar USA, Inc., Hammond, IN) challenge at 1.0 g/kg body weight. The
partially
hydrolyzed starch was made into a 50 % (wt./vol.) solution with water prior to
challenge.
Similarly, the experimental carbohydrate challenge was a 50 % partially
hydrolyzed starch
solution made with supplemental fructose (0.16 g/kg body weight). Both
treatments (10
ml total volume each) were heated in a microwave for 30 seconds at high to
completely
solublize the carbohydrate solutions 1 hour before testing.
The two carbohydrate challenges were evaluated in a two-way crossover design
over a 9 day period. At the time of testing, rats weighed 494 t 6.7 g (mean t
SEM) and
were 14 weeks old. After a 16 hour overnight fast, rats underwent a meal
tolerance test.
On two different occasions, rats were randomly fed one of two carbohydrate
solutions per
os via bottle nipple. Formula volume was approximately 1 ml and was adjusted
by animal
weight such that each rat was delivered an equivalent digestible glucose
polymer
challenge on a body weight basis. Blood samples were collected at baseline and
30, 60,
90, 120, and 180 minutes postprandial for glucose analysis (Precision G~;
Medisense,
Bedford, MA). Rats had free access to water throughout the experiment.
Blood samples were obtained via tail vein and approximately 5 ~I of blood was
immediately transferred directly onto a Precision G~ blood glucose test strip
and analyzed
for blood glucose concentration. Whole blood was used, however, the Precision
G~
Instrument corrects the glucose measurement and provides the data as mg
glucose/dl
plasma.
The postprandial glycemic response of male Zucker fatty fa/fa rats fed
partially
hydrolyzed starch t fructose can be found in Figure 3 and the incremental
change from
baseline in blood glucose can be found in Figure 4. Basal blood glucose values
were not
different (97 t 4.6 vs. 93 t 2.4 mg/dl; partially hydrolyzed starch vs.
partially hydrolyzed
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starch + Fru, respectively). The incremental change from baseline in blood
glucose was
lower (P < 0.05) for rats fed partially hydrolyzed starch + Fru at 30, 60, and
90 minutes
postprandial (Figure 4). Area under the curve (AUC) was calculated (T.M.S.
Wolever et.
al., "The use of glycemic index in predicting the blood glucose response to
mixed meals".
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 1986, 43, 167-172). Supplemental
fructose added to a partially hydrolyzed starch challenge reduced (P < 0.05)
the
incremental AUC for blood glucose by 32% over the 3-hour experiment.
The embodiments of the present invention may, of course, be carried out in
other
ways than those set forth herein without departing from the spirit and scope
of the
invention. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all
respects as
illustrative and not restrictive and that all changes and equivalents also
come within the
description of the present invention.
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